pow(x,y)# ==x^y
x - base y - exponent z - modulus pow(x,y,z) # = (x^y)%z
# There are two ways of computing x^y in python: >>> 3 ** 4 81 >>> pow(3,4) 81
>>> pow(5,3) 125
>>> import math >>> math.pow(4,4) 256.0
x**y # x^y